On the Mend

After two days of abject suffering, I am back in the saddle. And, I have to say that I am very glad to be back at work.

Today was catch-up day for most classes. We went over the work assigned Friday or when I was out sick in Physical Science. B Block will have time to conduct their velocity lab during our next long block, when we will combine it with a lab on friction. Honors Physics plowed through non-perpendicular vectors and horizontal projectiles. Physics F reviewed basic vector operations and Physics G conducted a lab on projectile motion. It was a nice opportunity to tie classroom calculations with real-world phenomenon. People did a great job of making precise measurements and that led to nice accuracy when the ball was heading towards the target. The nice thing about projectile motion is that if you need a value, like time, you can probably solve for it easily in one direction. In this case, it was easy to solve for time in the vertical direction and, since the time in the horizontal direction had to be the same as in the vertical direction, range was simple to calculate. We’ll discuss the lab tomorrow and take time to review basic vector operations
Homework

Physics F: Complete #2 of Practice 3C
Physical Science E: Complete Graphing Skills on page 337 and # 30-32 of the Chapter 10 Chapter Review